Hat and coat rack.



MW m No. 889,749. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906. P. H. GEORGE.

HAT AND OOAT RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1908.

FRED H. GEORGE, OF LISBON, OHIO.

HAT AND COAT RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed July 16, 1906. $erialN0.326, 151.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED H. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Lisbon, in the county of Columbiana and State ofOhio, have invent ed certain new and useful Improvements in Hat and CoatRacks, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to coat and hat racks and the invention relatesmore particularly to a guard for preventing wearingapparel from beingstolen or accidentally misplaced.

To this end I have devised a simple and inexpensive guard which can beeasily placed upon a wall to shield and guard an umbrella, hat, andcoat.

The guard comprises a woven-wire cage containing hooks from whicharticles can be suspended. The cage is hinged to a wall and is locked inengagement therewith by a lock of a conventional form.

The detail construction of my improved guard will be presentlydescribed, illustrated, and specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring now to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view of my improved guard; and Fig. 2 is a similarview, the cover or woven fabric of the guard being removed.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my guard of asubstantially rect angular metallic frame 1, having its lower rail 2bent outwardly to form a clearance 3, the object of which will presentlyappear. The top rail 4 and the bottom rail 2 are connected together by acurved metallic band 5, which is further braced by strap 6, arrangedtransversely of the frame 1, said strap being bent substantially thesame shape as the lower rail 2 of the frame.

The frame 1, band 5, and strap 6 are inclosed by a woven-wire fabric ornetting 7, which is suitably secured to the frame 1, and is adapted toprotect articles carried by the frame. To support articles within theframe, I provide the band 5 with a hatehook 8 and a coat-hook 9, thelatter carrying an ordinary coat-form 10. The strap 6 is provided with aresilient clasp 11 of a conventional form for supporting an umbrellawithin the frame 1.

My improved guard is preferably mounted upon a wall by hinges 12 and islocked in engagement with the wall by bending the side rail 12 of theframe 1 to form a hasp 14, adapted to engage over a staple 15, driven orotherwise secured in the wall. Anordinary lock 16 can be used to securethe hasp 14 upon the staple 15.

A person desiring to use my improved guard is provided with a key toopen and close the guard, and should a coat or umbrella be of greaterlength than the guard the clearance 3 permits of the articles extendingbelow the guard. In order that the guards can be properly identified,they can be provided with suitable numbers, characters, or name-plates(not shown) or may be otherwise labeled upon the wall near each guard.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that I have devised a useful andeasily-manipulated guard for wearing-apparel which is applicable tolarge cloak-rooms, check-rooms, cafs, and similar places where wraps aretemporarily disposed of.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hat and coat guard, the combination with a suitable support, ofa frame hinged to said support and having a clearance at its lower edge,a band carried by said frame, a strap arranged transversely of saidframe, a clasp secured to said strap, hooks carried by said band, acoat-form carried by one of said hooks, a wire-netting arranged oversaid frame, and means to lock said frame to said support, substantiallyas described.

2. In a hat and coat guard, the combination with a suitable support, ofa frame hinged to said support and having a clearance at its lower edge,an umbrella-clasp supported by said frame, hat and coat hooks supportedby said frame, a wire-netting arranged over said frame, and means tolock said frame to said support, substantially as described In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED H1 GEORGE.

YVitnesses G. A. Roenns, J. R. VVILLIAMs.

